The Sraddha Motilal Banarsidass It is significant that barring

It is significant that barring passing references to the works

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or identification of the forms of the material world with

father's father and great-grand father-against the rice-balls (pindas)

The Sraddha Motilal Banarsidass It is significant that barringOf the sixteen samskaras which encompass a Hindu life the last one is performed for the dead by their sons or grandsons or relatives. Many passages in the Puranas and Dharmasastras extol the role of the son in the life of a devout Hindu. The present book deals with the rite of Sraddha and vindicates the popular belief that Sraddha, being an important topic, forms an integral part of Hindu Dharmasastra. The belief in the after death survival of